Tag: funeral of best friend

We were about half way from Gaurmukh. It was evening and rather dark. It was a small town. We enquired mode of transport for Gaurmukh. There was none. We went to the ticket counter. This time we asked very politely if there was any train scheduled now for Gaurmukh. Yes, the train was scheduled in next half an hour. But the seat was not available. We had to go for Tatkal booking. The ticket was for Rs 800 each. We could not afford it since the wallet was stolen that…

Visit http://www.abhirajgupta.in/taking-kailashs-ashes-to-kailash-part1.html for Part-1 We met in the evening at 5. Piyush asked me, “Why don’t we steal ashes that must have been kept in the Urn. Otherwise ashes will be taken to Haridwar the next day”. I did not like the idea. I asked what would happen if we were caught stealing the urn. We would be ashamed in front of everyone- our parents, relatives, our neighbours. I just could not digest this idea. Now Piyush started. Obviously he was angry. One of his best friends was not present…

It was Piyush’s idea. We had to take our best friend’s ashes to Kailash. We wanted to give proper funeral to him. Kailash was one of the naughtiest in the class. He was good in imagining things and could write stories which he used to write in leisure time. He had written few stories and competed in intra and inter school competitions. But his teacher and rather our teacher Mr. Mehra always bullied him. Not because he competed in story telling but he was not as good in studies as…